A group of auto drivers joined volunteers from an NGO in planting saplings around their auto stand outside the Kotturpuram MRTS station. The auto drivers joined the initiative as they feel that increasing the green cover in the city has become necessary. The initiative to plant tree saplings near MRTS stations was undertaken by an NGO along with the Southern Railways. But now, they have decided to involve the local community in the effort to increase its effectiveness and make it sustainable.